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RD Sage 1965                    53
Xylocopa sp. 
5.5 km SE. Desamparados, 1260 m, San Jose, Costa Rica
29 August 15:15 Plugged up the entrances and sawed down Nests 39 & 40. Took black & white photographs of them earlier. There was more sawdust below the entrance to Nest 40. 
Nest 4.[[written above- Schoenherria 6[[image-two female symbols]] & 4[[image-two male symbols]]Entrance at 320 degrees, 15 in above ground. Stump is unidentified tree and is 21 in high Circumference at [[strikethrough]]base[[/strikethrough]] entrance is 21 inches. No [[mites]] on any of the bees.
Nest 79. [[written above- Neoxylocopa 3[[image-two male symbols]] & 7[[image-two female symbols]] Entrance at 300 degrees,8.5 in above ground in unidentified dead stump 17 in tall. 
Circumferance at heighth of nest is 12 in. 
Nest 80 [[written above- Neoxylocopa 1[[image-female symbol]]Entrance at 225 degrees 6 in above ground in unidentified dead stump. Stump is 13 in high. Circumferance at nest height is 17 in. There is another entrance hole at 345 degrees 7 in above the ground. The active burrow has been exposed at the top where part of the stump has been broken off. I plugged this entrance at 12:00. Took a picture of this stump in black and white. 
Collected a dead branch from the [[medoxlomacea]] tree which had nest entrances in it and wood pecker damage. The lowest nest on the post has its entrance at 0 degrees and is 7 1/2 ft off the ground. Was abandoned but contained some bee provisioning of inquiline.
[[image-arrow pointing to text in margin:]] Dick: I've also got a nest #81
Nest 81 
Entrance at 195 degrees approvemately 11 ft above ground in a branch of a completely dead [[Melostomaceae]]. Took black & white pictures of wood pecker damage to this nest.